David Scinto, writer of Gangster No 1, Sexy Beast and 44' Chest delivered a masterclass on the role of a screen writer. David discussed developing the scripts as stage plays, and then the process of changing a theatre script into... Continue Reading »

The students recently went out on location to work as a full production crew to shoot scenes from Simon Shaw's short film 'Love is Hell'. A location was found, actors cast, roles allocated and professional support arranged from Ray Moore (focus puller) and Ewan Cassidy (gaffer). We were blessed with good... Continue Reading »

Brighton Film School students recently screened their short documentaries as part of the SEE Festival to great audience response. The screening took place as part of the SEE Documentary Festival at The Nightingale Theatre in central Brighton. Editor Mark Atkins (Biggie and Tupac, Kurt and... Continue Reading »

Dan MacRae Head of Development, Studio Canal came in to speak about how he develops a feature film project, at what stage Studio Canal come in on a project and what they look for in a script. He discussed some of their recent films from Continue Reading »

Working with local production company Snowstorm Media Brighton Young Film Makers will spend an afternoon planning, researching and making short programmes for online news channel BFS Newsround Reports. We'll be looking at early children's programmes, research why Blue Peter and Newsround are so popular and visit local attractions... Continue Reading »

Brighton Film School recently sponsored Heart FM's Have a Heart campaign raising money for Child-line. The school sponsored an attraction at the Heart FM 'It's a knock out competition' and also filmed the star of the radio breakfast show Jack the Lad. The crew followed Jack around the big day that... Continue Reading »

Students on Brighton Film School's Art Direction course have been helping design an upcoming show. Course tutor Anna Deamer has been working with the students on the initial set design for 'Hangover Square'. The piece, to be installed in the Brighton... Continue Reading »

Panavision have loaned Brighton Film School a fantastic Arri SR3 Super-16 camera kit with a set of prime lenses. Director of photography Peter Ditch and Ray Moore demonstrated the kit to the students who plan to start using it next week.   Continue Reading »

Tim Day from Snowstorm Media came to the Film School to discuss his work as a freelance filmmaker. He screened extracts from music videos and documentaries commissioned by the likes of Fatboy Slim and other musicians. Tim also talked about the process of pitching ideas to... Continue Reading »

Marc Woodcock from Airstar brought several compressed and helium filled balloon lights to demonstrate and encouraged the students to assemble. There were both daylight (400 and 1.2k) and tungsten (2k) kits. The speed and versatiliity of setting up and breaking the lighting kit and their flexibility in both... Continue Reading »